Former Pakistani skipper and one of the best all-rounders the world of cricket has seen Imran Khan has completed another milestone. He is now the Prime Minister of Pakistan and with that he becomes the first ever cricketer to become the head of a state in the history of cricket. Imran Khan is also the mentor of names like Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Inzamam Ul Haq, Mushtaq Ahmad and many others. These former cricketers have played with Imran Khan and were groomed by him. Now there are many others who did not play with him but Imran Khan was their inspiration towards cricket. Names like Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi are those who watched Imran Khan on TV and decided to play cricket. They were young in those times and hence they could not make it to the national team when Imran was playing but they did play international cricket became famous names.

Recently when Imran Khan won the elections a lot of cricketers went to his house in Islamabad and met their national hero. Now one thing is certain despite not having many records still Imran Khan is the favorite most cricketer amongst the Pakistani fans. They just love him. The reason is the Imran Khan persona. Imran Khan has that attraction in him that no other Pakistani cricketer has. None of them all stands in front of Imran because Imran Khan is different from all of them. He was a great captain. He was a great player and even the former experts of the game and players as well feel that Imran khan was one and only in the world of cricket. He was a star and he reached new levels of stardom and fame when he used to play. Shoaib Akhtar is a huge fan of Imran Khan and he was one of the first ones who went to meet Imran after the recent elections in Pakistan.

Shoaib Akhtar has always said that it was Imran Khan that he became Shoaib Akhtar the people now know about. Had there been no Imran then surely there would have been no Shoaib Akhtar as well. Imran Khan is the sole reason that Shoaib started playing cricket and made a name for himself. Imran was a fast bowler hence he wanted to be a fast bowler like Imran Khan. Shoaib in a recent show even said this once again that Imran Khan is his inspiration. He said that you cannot see one player in the world of cricket who can match Imran Khan. He was a genuine player and a great captain. He could not play with Imran which is a thing which will hurt him always but surely Imran Khan is his mentor. Shoaib even hugged the host in emotions when Imran Khan was being discussed. This is the amount of love and respect which only Imran has got from the players and fans.